March 24, 1933 – Sept. 10, 2011

NATCHEZ — Funeral services for Marvin Clem Ellerbe, 78, of Vidalia, who died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, in Brandon, will be 2 p.m. Monday, at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Glen Harrigill and the Rev. Bobby Brown officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from noon until service time Monday.

Mr. Ellerbe was born March 24, 1933, in Winnsboro, La., the son of Clem Ike Ellerby and Nellie Juanita Johnson Ellerbe. He lived in the Natchez area most of his life. Mr. Ellerbe lived in Nashville for several years working for Armstrong Rubber Company. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Marvin never met a stranger and loved to talk. He also loved to read and had an avid interest in history and politics. Mr. Ellerbe will be greatly missed by those that loved him.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and a baby daughter.

Survivors include five daughters, Marie Montague and husband, Ivan, of Brandon; Cindy Kenney and husband, Shelby, of Brandon; Sharon Fowler and husband, Bill, of Brandon; Lissa Gundlack and husband, Chip, of Virginia Beach, Va.; and Janet Walker and husband, Carroll, of Slidell, La.; one son, Marty Ellerbe of Vidalia; 12 grandchildren, Shannon Mason, Tara King, Daniel Dayton, Ray Kenney, Louis Kenney, Brandi Fowler, Chris Fowler, Heather Fowler, Tracey Fowler, Katie Schojan, Tara Schojan and CJ Littlejohn; 13 great-grandchildren; one sister, Cissy Carlton; one brother, Ralph Ellerbe and a niece, Rebecca Carlton.

Pallbearers will be Daniel Dayton, Ray Kenney, CJ Littlejohn, Toby King, Glen Mason and Dennis Dunn. Memorials may be sent to Pleasant Acre Day School at 335 Liberty Road, Natchez, MS 39120. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.lairdfh.com.